Holiday Gift Guide: Books for Everyone on Your List

Holiday Gift Guide: Books for Everyone on Your List
(yes, including your boss + mother-in-law)

I’ve been an avid reader my entire life and over the past few years have enjoyed downloading titles to my iPad with the greatest of ease. I’m now anxiously awaiting the arrival of my Kindle from Santa for an even lighter travel companion.

But try as I might to adapt to the digitization of publishing, I’m an old fashioned girl who still enjoys the smell of old books and the crackling of paper as pages are turned. You’ll often find me curled up on my bed on a Saturday afternoon leafing through a new coffee table design tome or engrossed in a New York Times bestseller.

So without further ado, here are a few suggestions for fabulous books for everyone on your holiday gift list:

For your mother or mother-in-law: It’s All Good or French Women Don’t Get Facelifts

For your father or father-in-law: The White Tiger or The Wicked River or Humans of New York

For your brother: Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage. or Command Authority

For your sister: Steal Like an Artist or In My Shoes: A Memoir

For your best friend: Love With a Chance of Drowning or Where’d You Go, Bernadette

For the fashionista: Diana Vreeland Memos: The Vogue Years or The Asylum by Simon Doonan. And if she can wait until March 2014: Living in Style: Inspiration & Advice for Everyday Glamour

For the social butterfly: Vanity Fair 100 Years or Beauty at Home by Aerin Lauder or IT by Alexa Chung

For the foodie: The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays or The Road to Burgundy

For the new mom: Bringing Up Bebe or The New Contented Little Baby Book or French Kids Eat Everything

For your co-worker: Hyperbole and a Half or Damn Good Advice for People With Talent

For your boss: Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World or David & Goliath